May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Wait, there’s more. I have spent 50 years as a journalist asking questions, listening to the responses, and closely observing the people and events around me. Somewhere along the way, my observational skills must have failed me. Apparently, I have missed a lot. Otherwise, I would have noticed those lines
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
A discussion on the state of the local real estate market at Paula’s in Valley Junction. Kim O’Connor is a Realtor who brands herself KO Realty and works under the Iowa Realty umbrella. We asked her to lunch recently to discuss the state of the local real estate market. She
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in At Home With
Five generations of the Dean family once under one roof Darcy Dean Richter’s family moved into their five-bedroom, 2.5-bath West Des Moines home 21 years ago and aren’t planning on leaving anytime soon. Richter’s parents bought the house in 1996 and moved to the suburb from Rochester, Minnesota. Her dad
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in The Sound
A new dimension This month, Lake Street Dive releases its highly anticipated second album with Nonesuch Records (the first being 2016’s “Side Pony”), “Free Yourself Up” — out May 4. The release date of the 10-song album also coincides with the start of the band’s tour. The album takes its
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in Art News
Three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the universe. Organic Forms, at Olson-Larsen Galleries through June 9, features three artists deeply involved with the natural expressions of the universe. Laura Berman, a Catalonian who now is a professor at the Kansas City Art Institute, spent several years in
Read More →Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Here are a few mom-worthy options. The Oakridge Boys bring their country, gospel quartet concert on May 6. Leslie Odom, Jr., a Grammy-winning soloist from the hit Broadway show, “Hamilton,” performs with The Des Moines Symphony on May 12. Or, consider crooner Johnny Mathis
Read More →‘Combat Sports’ The Vaccines Columbia Records On The Vaccines’ 11-song fifth album, “Contact Sports,” the band of Brits offers track after track of colorful post-punk garage rock. It’s almost as if each song — lyrically and musically — was designed to be sampled in an Apple commercial (I think one
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May 02, 2018 by Brent Antisdel
in People & Pets
The perfect apartment pet Cassidy Dixon is a self-described animal lover, so it comes as no surprise to her that, in her late-20s, she is a first-time guinea pig owner. “We were always kind of a dog family, but dogs are harder to have in an apartment, and my son
Read More →‘Beaut’ Award-winning author Donald Morrill presents his first novel, “Beaut,” a gorgeously written tale of family and motherhood, love and heartbreak, and the possibilities and failures in life. We learn about Jill Lundgrove through her writing to an as-yet unnamed person. Through fits and starts as she writes, stops and
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Say no to the Live Nation/Ticketmaster monopoly
In mid-January, the City of Des Moines Economic Development office put out a Development Concept Request to developers for the Argonne Armory Building. The “Armory,” as it is known, is an Art Deco building on the bend of the Des Moines River, constructed in 1934. Conveniently, only three proposals were
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